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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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£520,000 Railways Programme Country to Benefit

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 28

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced that arrangements had been made to expend a sum of £520,000 on railway rolling stock for country and…

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Motors Importance of Driving Vision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 28

Traffic experts are unanimous that one of the most important factors in road safety to-day is driving vision. It is pleasing to find therefore that…

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The Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

THE annual report of the Commissioner for Railways has again been issued with commendable promptness. The review of the…

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Big Wheat Train

The Independent · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 1

What is believed to be a record so far as Jerilderie is concerned, was established, on Friday last, when a special train load of wheat…

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Road Accidents Mathoura Residents Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 1

Three residents of Mithoura were seriously injured when a motor car struck an electric light pole near Kyabram on Sunday night and…

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Bitumen Road Council to Apply for Grant

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 1

The Municipal Council was adviseno[?] the Main Roads Department at last night’s meeting that it was regretted the department was unable to provide…

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China and Japan. Taiyuan Falls. Over 200 Killed in Bombed Train. TOKIO

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 2

The Japanese Doemi Press Agency announces the fall of Taiyuan, the capital of Shansi provice. Japanese forces launched a general attack…

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Coreen Shire Council "£6000 Loan-grant Scheme Tar-paving Urana Road Next Year

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Coreen Shire councillors was held, at the Municipal Council Chambers, Corowa, Yesterday, when there were present…

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Motors in Collision. Crash Through Brick Wall. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 2

While two children were asleep in a house in Bourke Street, East Sydney, this morning, a heavily loaded lorry and a car collided. The former…

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Motor Vehicles Collide

The Independent · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 4

When Mr. Joe Knight was rounding a turn in Regent street, Junee, the steering of his lorry failed, and the vehicle crashed into the back of…

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Police Court Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 3

In the local Police Court on Thursday last before the P.M. (Mr. I. Beavers) the following defendants were charged with various…

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Price of Motor Cars Ten Per Cent. Rise Predicted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 18

The prediction that there would be a 10 per cent. rise in the price of motor cars for 1938 was made by the managing director of Harden and…

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Motors Sudden Halts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 28

The experienced motorist is seldom at a Joss to determine the cause of a sudden failure and "going dead" of; the engine, even if he finds it difficult…

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Car Fatality at Dubbo Four Persons Killed by Train Motor Struck Brakes Become Useless

The Independent · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 2

Four people were killed and three injured on Wednesday, when a car came into collision with a rail motor at Molong crossing in Cobra,…

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Aerodrome for Eienalla

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 1

Arrangements have been [?]sed for the erection of a modern aerodrome at Benalia for the new air services. A tender for £13998- has…

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Proposed Road Opposed by Landholders

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 4

An application by the Windouran shire Council to the Land Board at Deniliquin on Thursday last for the establishment of a new road in the…

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Motor Accident. Man Seriously Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 2

Mr. Edward Pocock, of Hay, sustained serious injuries on Thursday night while riding in a Plymouth utility truck, being driven by Mr. A…

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Heavy Toll of Road Deaths Speed Limit in N.s.w, Soon

The Independent · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 1

The N.S.W. Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) said at a meeting of the Road Safety Council that the number of persons killed in road…

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Motor Bandits Rob Boree Creek Man Near Yass

The Independent · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 4

Two motor bandits assaulted and robbed J. Cummings, a lorry driver, of Boree Creek, on the Hume Highway, near Yass, late on Friday night…

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The Hay Aerodrome. Council's Further Discussions

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

The discussion anent the proposed transfer of the Hay aerodrome site to the common on the south of the Bungah Creek again took up a good…

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